Elena Souliotis

[1] Elena Souliotis was born in Athens, Greece, of Greek and Russian parents but moved with her family to Argentina at an early age.

[1] She studied with Mercedes Llopart, who also taught Renata Scotto, Anna Moffo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ivo Vinco and Alfredo Kraus Trujillo.

She made her United States debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago during the 1965-66 season as Elena in Boito's Mefistofele; her colleagues in that performance were Renata Tebaldi, Alfredo Kraus and Nicolai Ghiaurov.

A partial list of other operas in which she sang during the first part of her career (1964–1974) include Verdi's Aida and La forza del destino, Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Puccini's Manon Lescaut, Catalani's Loreley, Bellini's La straniera, Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini, and Susanna in Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina.

In June 1969, she made her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, singing Lady Macbeth for the first time.